The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review is a newspaper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded in 1992 as an offshoot of the Greensburg Tribune-Review following a press strike at the two previously dominant Pittsburgh dailies. Flag Seal Nickname: The Steel City Location Location in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Coordinates , Government Country State County United States Pennsylvania Allegheny County Founded 1758 Mayor Bob OConnor (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 151. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Greensburg is a city located in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 15,889. ...

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Greensburg Tribune-Review and affiliated dailies claim a Sunday circulation of 221,000 readers. They are published by the Tribune Review Publishing Company, which was purchased by Richard Mellon Scaife in 1970. The newspaper is generally considered to have a conservative opinion page. Richard Mellon Scaife (born July 3, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a U.S. billionaire and owner–publisher of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

Investigative reporting

The newspaper is known for its lengthy investigations [1] into allegations of corruption, [2] [3] allegations of government malfeasance, [4] social injustice, [5] [6] and complex sports issues. [7] [8]

Carl Prine, an investigative reporter for the newspaper, conducted a probe with the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes that highlighted the lack of security at the nation's most dangerous chemical plants following the September 11, 2001 attacks. [9] The reporters were charged with trespassing at one plant during their investigation, [10] but were acquitted when the judge accepted that the story had been in the public interest. [11] CBS (formerly an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... The ticking TAG Heuer stopwatch from 60 Minutes. ... The explosion resulting from the crashing of United Airlines Flight 175 into the South Tower. ...

Other reporting

One Tribune-Review story went national when Colin McNickle, editor of the newspaper's editorial page, attended a July 26, 2004 speech at the Massachusetts State House given by Teresa Heinz Kerry, who had been the subject of two attacks in the Tribune-Reviews's opinion pages. Following the speech there was a dispute between McNickle and Heinz Kerry over her use of the term "un-American activity". July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area  Ranked 44th  - Total 10,555 sq mi (27,360 km²)  - Width 183 miles (295 km)  - Length 113 miles (182 km)  - % water 13. ... Maria Teresa Thierstein Simões-Ferreira Heinz Kerry (born October 5, 1938), is a philanthropist and the wife of U.S. Senator John Kerry. ...

Competition

The chain of Scaife newspapers competes against the larger Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. In 2005, a report by the Audit Bureau of Circulations determined that the Post-Gazette had lost 5,000 subscribers on its Monday-to-Friday deliveries, [12] while the Greensburg Tribune-Review and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review lost 8,000 subscribers Monday to Friday, with deeper losses on Sundays. [13] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the PG, is the largest daily newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Audit Bureau of Circulations is one of the several organizations of the same name operating in different parts of the world. ...

Although the circulation slumps are part of a nationwide trend in the U.S., both the Tribune-Review and Post-Gazette lost readers at a greater rate than the national average of 1.6 percent for dailies with more than 100,000 subscribers. [14]

In 2003, the Tribune-Review launched an afternoon tabloid, Trib PM. [15]. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Merger

Edward H. Harrell, the president of the Tribune Review Publishing Company, announced in January 2005 that most of the regional editions of the paper would have their newsroom, management, and circulation departments merged and that staff reductions would follow. The merged papers include the Tribune-Review of Greensburg, the Valley News Dispatch of Tarentum, The Leader-Times of Kittanning, The Daily Courier of Connellsville and the Blairsville Dispatch. The Valley Independent, the only paper with a unionized newsroom and contract, will not be affected. [16] The company incorporated as Trib Total Media in the summer of 2005, and purchased Gateway Newspapers, a community publication group servicing approximately 22 communities in and around Pittsburgh's Allegheny County. Allegheny County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ...

Two managers were immediately laid off; the exact number of proposed redundancies was not announced. [17] In September 2005 Harrell announced his retirement as president of Tribune-Review Publishing Company, effective December 31, 2005. He had served as president since 1989.[18] Several staff writers were laid off in December, 2005, as two of Gateway's newspapers were discontinued.

See also

Arkansas Project The Arkansas Project is the general name of a series of investigations (mostly funded by billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife) that were designed to damage and end the presidency of Bill Clinton. ...

External links

• Pittsburgh Live web site
• "Cable news networks obsess over Teresa Heinz Kerry comment; downplay Tribune-Review's right-wing history", Media Matters for America
• "Shakeup at the Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 20, 2005
• "Who is Richard Mellon Scaife?" by Brooks Jackson, CNN, April 27, 1998
• "Trials and Trib-ulations: An insider's look at Pittsburgh's second daily", Pittsburgh City Paper, September 1, 2005